Coke-conveyer.



o. F. LEPLEY.

COKE CONVEYER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, I914.

Patented June 15, 1915.

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Inventor Witnesses Attorneys THE NORRIS PETERS C0., PHOTO LITHOH WASHINGTON. D. C,

Patented June 15, 1915.

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Inventor Witnesses Attorneys THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D L

D. F. LEPLEY.

COKE CONVEYER.

1,142,895. APPLICA ION FILED SEPT. I8, I914- Patented June 15,

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DANIEL F. LEPLEY, 0F CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COKE-CONVEYER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed September 18, 1914. Serial No. 862,392.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL F. LEPLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Connellsville, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Coke-Conveyer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coke conveyers and is more particularly designed as an improvement upon the structure disclosed in Patent No. 1,025,815, issued to me on May 7, 1912.

The invention relates primarily to the screen employed for directing the coke from the delivering drum to the conveyer, whereby screening of the coke is effected solely at the oven so that the balance of the yard wherein the mechanismis located is left clean and tidy and the coke can be loaded into cars under more favorable conditions and in better shape for the market than where screening is effected at points removed from the oven.

Another object is to provide a screen for directing coke from the delivering drum to the conveyer and which screen is adjustable so as to fit snugly against the oven irrespective of any bulging or warping of the oven as the result of the intense heat to which it is subjected. In other words, the screen is made up of sections adjustable angularly relative to each other whereby the screen is permitted to partly-fold or break upwardly should the distance between the oven and the car on which the conveying mechanism is located, be less than normal.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is an end elevation of the conveying apparatus embodying the present improvements. Fig. 2. is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section through the screen portion of the conveyer. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the structure shown in Fig. 1, parts being broken away.

Referring to the figures bycharacters of reference 1 designates a car or wheel supported structure adapted to travel along a 7 track 2 adjacent the outlet of a coke oven 3, 1t being designed to extend the track past a a series of ovens so that the car can be brought to a locked position opposite each of the ovens. This car is provided with laterally extending beams 4 extending in the direction of the oven and supporting the lower end of a conveyer indicated generally at 5. This conveyer structure, its operating means, and the manner in which it is mounted, constitutes specifically no part of the present invention but is the same as that disclosed in my patent hereinbefore mentioned.

The beams 4 constitute a track on which is mounted a carriage 6 adapted to travel transversely of the car 1, this carriage being provided at its outer end with an unloading drum 7 designed to be driven in the same manner as that disclosed in my' The beams 4 are provided along their lower edges with laterally extending longitudinal flanges supporting rollers 9 connected by an axle 10. These rollers are limited in their movement along the flanges of the beams 4 by stops 11 and the axle 10 is connected by rivets or the like to the lower edge portion of the lower section 12 of a screen indicated generally at 13. The upper section 14 of the screen is hingedly connected to the lower section 12, as shown at 15 and the upper edge of'said section 14 is pivotally mounted on a rod 16 interposed between and connected to the sides of the carriage 6. This rod 16 is disposed close to a cross beam 17 mounted on the carriage 6 and which cross beam is connected to the side plates 8 as shown and is supported close to the periphery of the delivery drum 7 After the car has been brought to position opposite the delivery door of an oven, the carriage 6 is projected toward the oven by any suitable mechanism provided for that V purpose. When the carriage 6 is in retracted or inactive position. the sections of the screen 13 are partly folded as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Consequently when the carriage is projected toward the oven, the sections 12 and 14 of the screen will shift relative to each other so as to be brought into or substantially into alinement at the time that the side plates 8 are brought against the wall of the oven at opposite sides of the door. If the distance between the oven and the car should vary from any cause, as through irregularities in the track 2 or bulging of the oven 3, the foldable screen 13 will always properly bridge the space between the drum 18 and the elevator. This is due to the fact that, as the screen is capable of partly folding, it will adapt itself automatically to any variation in the distance between the conveyer carried by the car 2 and the delivering drum 7 By mounting the lower or inner end of the screen on rollers capable of a limited movement, it has been found that the apparatus more readily adapts itself to variations in distance than would be the case should the screen be merely capable of folding as illustrated. W hen the carriage is drawn inwardly away from the oven, the screen will fold as before described.

It will be noted that by providing a screen located in the manner described, the entire screening action takes place close to the oven and, consequently, screenings will not be scattered over the entire yard and cause an untidy appearance. Furthermore, delivery of screenings with the coke from the discharge end of the conveyer structure 5 is prevented and, consequently, the coke is in better condition for the market.

What is claimed is:

1. In coke conveying apparatus, the combination with a conveying mechanism, of a carriage movable relative to said mechanism, a delivering element upon the carriage, and a screen formed of hingedly connected sections for directing coke by gravity from the delivering element to the conveying mechanism, said screen being adapted to adjust itself to varying distances between the delivering element and the conveying mechanism.

2. A coke conveyer including conveying mechanism, a delivering element shiftable bodily relative to said mechanism, and a screen formed of hingedly connected sections interposed between and automatically adjustable to varying distances between said element and mechanism for directing coke by gravity from the delivering element to the conveying mechanism.

3. A coke conveyer including conveying mechanism, a supporting structure extending therebeyond, a carriage movable on said structure, a delivering element shiftable relative to the conveying mechanism and with the carriage, and a foldable screen interposed between said delivering element and the conveying mechanism and constituting means i for directing coke from said element to the 5 conveying mechanism, said screen being adapted to buckle when the carriage is advanced toward the conveying mechanism.

L. A coke conveyer including conveying mechanism, a delivering element shiftable bodily relative to said conveying mechanism, a screen including hingedly connected upper and lower sections interposed between said delivering element and the conveying mechanism, the upper section of the screen being hingedly mounted at its upper end, and means for movably supporting the lower end of the lower section of the screen adjacent the conveying mechanism.

5. A coke conveyer including conveying mechanism, a carriage shiftable relative thereto, a delivering element mounted on the carriage, a screen consisting of hingedly connected upper and lower sections interposed between the delivering element and the conveying mechanism, a hinge connection between the upper section of the screen and the carriage, the lower section of the screen being movably mounted adjacent the conveying mechanism, said carriage, when shifted relative to the conveying mechanism, constituting means for folding and for unfolding the screen.

6. A coke conveyer including conveying mechanism, a carriage shiftable relative thereto, and a sectional screen for delivering coke to the conveying mechanism, said screen being connected at its upper end to the carriage, said carriage constituting means, when shifted relative to the elevating mechanism, for shifting the screen sections relative to each other thereby to vary the distance between the ends of the screen.

7. A coke conveyer including a car, conveying mechanism carried thereby, a carriage supported by the car and shiftable laterallv therefrom to active position, and inwardly to inactive position, a sectional screen connected at its outer end to the car and supported at its inner end adjacent the conveying mechanism, said carriage constituting means, when shifted inwardly relative to the conveying mechanism and car. for shifting the sections of the screen relative to each other thereby to vary the distance between the ends of the screen.

8. A coke conveyer including a car, conveying mechanism carried thereby. a carriage supported by the car and shiftable beyond one side thereof to active position and inwardly to inactive position, a screen hingedly connected at its outer end to the carriage and supported at its inner end by the car and adjacent the conveying mechanism, said screen including hingedly connected sections, the said carriage constituting means for shifting the sections relative to each other during the movement of the carriage relative to the conveying mechanism, thereby to vary the distance between E the ends of the screen.

9. A coke conveyer including a car, conveying mechanism supported thereby, a carriage movably mounted upon the car and shiftable beyond one side thereof to active position and in the opposite direction to inactive position, a discharging element mounted on the carriage, a sectional screen connected at one end to the carriage and supported at its other end by the car and adjacent the conveying mechanism, said screen constituting means for directing coke from the discharging element and onto the conveying mechanism, said carriage being movable relative to the car, for shifting the sections of the screen relative to each other, thereby to vary the distance between the ends of the screen.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the-presence of tWo Witnesses.

DANIEL F. LEPLEY. Witnesses: c

IVY E. SIMPSON, PHILOMENA A. RocKELLI.

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Washington, D. G. 

